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Part Three: On the Vogon Ship Vogon Hold - illustration by Rod Lord How do I prevent myself from getting groggy and dying? Answers: 1. This is caused by your protein loss during the matter transference beams. 2. Do you have anything with a lot of protein in it? 3. It's something that Ford just gave you. 4. It's one of the primary ingredients of peanut butter and peanut brittle. 5. It's frequently found on shelves behind bars in Pubs. 6. EAT THE PEANUTS. (Bet you already knew it anyway and were just exposing this last hint hoping for something funny.) Questions: 1. Where the heck am I? 2. How do I prevent myself from getting groggy and dying? 3. What is that thing Ford puts on his satchel before he lies down for his nap? 4. How can I wake Ford? 5. How can I get the atomic vector plotter out of the glass case? 6. What is the tall dispensing machine? 7. Why does the dispensing machine go "click"? 8. What is a babel fish? 9. How can I get a babel fish? 10. What's that gibberish I keep hearing over the ship's intercom? 11. Is there any way to stop the guards from dragging me to the Captain's quarters? 12. What's going on here in the Captain's Quarters? 13. How can I prevent the guards from throwing us in the airlock? 14. Is there any way to survive getting blown out of the Airlock? Location Map: Vogon Ship Part Four: Aboard the Heart of Gold

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